That is very common--finding books in bookshops, then buying from Amazon where there are often good deals on the prices.
It's very unfortunate and it's probably killing bookstores.
That is very common--finding books in bookshops, then buying from Amazon where there are often good deals on the prices.
Books will never be obsolete but I wouldn't be surprised if print ends one day with the rise of ebooks and audio. We're in the generation of gadgets, phones, apps, and tablets where everyone has gravitated to not wanting to do anything if they can't access it through some device and I don't think that will change. I think it will get worse so I wouldn't be surprised if print died at least for fiction if not for all. Even the bible is in ebook form now.
Yeah...I don't want to be a crepe hanger or doom peddler, but print might take and even more significant dive. Books won't disappear--but the reading devices will continue to change rapidly, with more features and ease of operation--the consumer-reader is "technified" and industrialized.
Except what's happening is that trade published print books are increasing in sales and trade published ebooks are declining.
Audio book sales are increasing in trade, and self-published.
Ebooks dominate the self-publishing market; hugely so.
Books are better for the eyes than screens, so with time, people may turn back to books.
May I ask where you got the information on trade published ebooks on the decline? I'd like to read more on it. Thank you.
Click the link in the post. That's what it's there for.
Since many of us are visually disabled, this is at best a specious argument..
I wear blueblockers (to reduce eyestrain). The active link is blue in my browser. No wonder I missed it. Thanks!
this.
Actually, as I get older and have more trouble with small print, I like the fact that I can increase the font size with e-books.
You can change that in your Browser's settings, or by using a local CSS stylesheet.
If a book sells and the author planned a series. Would it be a bad idea to ask that the ebook not be released until two books after current, physical-book release (or two years after the physical book)? If this is not a bad thing, and publisher/agent agrees, it may help thwart ebook piracy and help the publisher/agent/author maximize revenues a little more.
Buried deep in the articles appearing in The Author's Earning Report was a whisper that paperbacks are making a comeback. It seems to be a small, but steady rise. I'd welcome this, totally.
Buried deep in the articles appearing in The Author's Earning Report was a whisper that paperbacks are making a comeback. It seems to be a small, but steady rise. I'd welcome this, totally.
I think for the most part people have turned to online shopping for most anything these days. On the topic of books vs Ebooks, I feel it would be a sad day if/when we see that physical books would no longer be in circulation, but I find that hard to picture. From what I gather Ebooks are the cilantro of the literary world. I think it's pretty much 50/50, or close to it, in terms of people pro or against. I for one can not stand them. I have tried with a kindle that I received for christmas a couple years ago. My eyes couldn't fasten to the screen. I can't picture why, but it took something away from the experience for me. I wasn't able to envision the story for what it was worth. The magic was gone for me. There is something about a physical book that sucks me in while reading. That's just my own take on the subject.